Abstract |
This study was designed to compare the occlusions of 24- to 59-month-old children who used orthodontic or conventional pacifiers to the occlusions of a group of controls who had no sucking habits. Information on the habits was collected by parental questionnaires. Ninety-five children were examined for malocclusions involving overbite, overjet, canine, and molar relationships, and posterior crossbites. Users of orthodontic pacifiers had statistically significantly greater overjets, and there was a significantly higher proportion of subjects with open bite in the conventional pacifier group. There was a trend toward a greater number of subjects in the control and orthodontic pacifier group with overbites less than or equal to 50%. These differences were not clinically significant, however. There appeared to be only minor differences between the occlusions of the two pacifier groups.
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Authors | S M Adair, M Milano, J C Dushku |
Journal | Pediatric dentistry
(Pediatr Dent)
1992 Jan-Feb
Vol. 14
Issue 1
Pg. 13-8
ISSN: 0164-1263 [Print] United States |
PMID | 1502109
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Child, Preschool
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant Care
(instrumentation)
- Malocclusion
(etiology, prevention & control)
- Orthodontics, Preventive
(instrumentation)
- Sucking Behavior
- Time Factors
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